Can't say what caused it to suddenly happen, under KDE3 using konsole, xterm or gnome-terminal, the characters are underlined. This causes password failures using su or sudo. I can get into root using ssh from other boxes. I would like to know if there are any escape sequences that can be used to reset it. Checked through desktop config, but could find nothing. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org